I've got a Westinghouse LCDHD Jack with 1081 hooked up with Direct TV(No cables out here in Da Bush) and it has Dolby Digital Sound. It has all sorts of extra thingamajigs that you can connect extra Audio and whatever for it. The one I got has a DVD slot to play movies or whatever without having to buy a extra system to play them.
Picture and sound is Amazing and I didn't pay a arm and 2 legs for it.

 

I just got a Samsung 50in plasma 720p from Amazon.com for 1299 with free shipping and a free harmony remote and no sales tax. 1699+tax at Bestbuy for just the TV. Freakin unbelievable picture. Get a 720p for TV viewing. There wont be a signal higher than that for years. If you watch alot of DVD's or play the latest games systems you could spring for 1080p but they're alot more money plus you have to have a 1080p DVD player and you have to buy 1080p DVD's which also cost more. To me the picture difference is too small to pay all that extra money, besides I mostly just watch TV anyway. Beware of 1080i, not as good as 720p, like headborg says.

 

What's the price tag on 1080p??? anyway?

all DVD video is 720x480

I saw Wal-Mart is selling DVD players that "upscale" the resolution of standard DVD to the 1080----but, I'm scratching my head on how exactly they do this....if the resolution isn't there to start with.???????? maybe blowing up pixels? and coloring all the surrounding ones the same???(I don't know)

HD-DVD and BlueRay are 1080-----but will still look great at 720p
compressing always looks better than blowing up pictures.

 

Sounds like some good ones. Gonna take a while to save up, but I'm ready to get one, myself.

 

With Direct TV you can change the resolutions-When the guy from Direct TV first put it up he made a mistake and had it set up for 720 and I put up new pipe I bumped the dish and a different guy from Direct "Re-aimed" it and noticed I was on 720 and put it on 1080 and the difference was unbelievable.
Watched a show on Discovery channel and I was Ducking

 

:lol:

When I get one, I'm gonna get the Dish, too.

 

:shock: Holy MatsuSHITA !
150" Plasma HDTV http://www.tvpredictions.com/panasonic010708.htm :lol:
The 103" cost $69,000... :?


It's only a matter of time, and we will have to pay by the program.
Monthly TV bills will be ancient history. :lol: :lol: :lol:

A Packer Game in "real time" will cost $10.99.
Posting a complaint on CAD will cost $1.50/line. :?

 

Well in a 50 in plasma 1080p is $2500 and up. You can find 47in LCD in 1080p $1700-1800 and up. Projection (DLP) 50in $15-1600. All depends on size and screen type. The new generation HD and BluRay DVD players are 1080p but they are expensive and the DVD's cost more, plus which format will win, you know beta/vhs all over again. All TV is either 1080i or 720p and will be for a while yet. I just couldnt justify 1080p. If you have the latest game system some of those play HD or BluRay which would save you from buying a DVD player plus the games are 1080p but I dont play video games.

 

I think HD-DVD is folding and Blu-Ray is going to win the battle. Then prices will drop finally.
Fox was always Blu-Ray, then Warner followed, and Disney got onboard, and so did Sony who at first would not allow porn, now they do.

But, I also have the opinion that HD-VHS will make a comeback. Because people are sick of programs skipping ahead several tracks, and deep down, people like to rewind.

I'm hanging onto my VHS collection. :lol:

 

Circuit City is getting dumber, and I've lost faith in Best Buy too.
Check places like Fry's, or Costco for a good deal, with better techies.

Leave it to WizKids to screw things up. CC's stocks have dropped from over 20 bucks a share to around 4 bucks. :lol:
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Circuit City's suicide: firing the people who know stuff

Posted by Cory Doctorow, December 30, 2007 5:20 AM |
Over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our Joel spots a bit of astute analysis explaining what happened to drive Circuit City into disrepute, and how the idiot execs responsible were rewarded with a cool million each:

The basic story is that last March, the wise men who run Circuit City came up with the brilliant idea of laying off their more senior salespeople, who get $14-$15 an hour, and replacing them with new hires who get around $9 an hour. It turns out that this move was not very good for business. One of the reasons that people go to a store like Circuit City, rather than buying things on the Internet, is that they want to be able to talk to a knowledgeable salesperson. Since Circuit City had laid off their knowledgeable salespeople, there was little reason to shop there. ... The Post reports that Circuit City's executive vice-presidents will get retention awards of $1 million each.
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I have yet to pay more than $200 for a TV, so I am not a TV enthusiast. :lol:... not because of the technology of the equipment, but because I hate the programs and networks. Just the recent news coverage of the Caucuses in Iowa and New Hampshire have me wanting to grab every news reporter by the throat and beat the friggin snot out of them. ...anyway...

In my opinion...Plasma is better, but LCD is less maintenance over the long run. If you are not a gamer, Pioneer Plasma is a good choice.

Sharp, Aquos, Samsung have incredible LCD TV's but I don't think you can go above 50" with LCD.

DLP is a good way to get 1080p in 61" to 73" for 2-3K.
But get an LED ...not the bulb version.
Those bulbs throw a lot of heat, and burn out sometimes in 2-3 years from what I hear. Some even more often, and are costly to replace. What? $300 or so ? ...something to check into, anyway.

If I were going to buy an HDTV, this is probably a choice I'd look for, and compare from this.
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-13855_1-984...-cnet&subj=ces

I like Philips brand. It's been my TV choice since the Black and White version, I use to watch Star Trek and Ed Sullivan shows on...oh,,,and HeeHaw. :lol: